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| มณีจะกำลังอ่านหนังสือพรุ่งนี้เย็น maH neeM jaL gamM langM aanL nangR seuuR phroongF neeH yenM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | มะ-นี-จะ-กำ-ลัง-อ่าน-หฺนัง-สือ-พฺรุ่ง-นี้-เย็น |
| IPA | má niː tɕàʔ kam laŋ ʔàːn nǎŋ sɯ̌ː pʰrûŋ níː jen |
| Royal Thai General System | mani cha kamlang an nangsue phrungni yen |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Manee might be reading the book tomorrow evening." | ||
| notes | (37) 17. This is another example where จะ is more appropriately translated as ‘might’. Since the meanings of individual aspect morphemes are not the focus of this thesis, I do not go further into investigating the detailed meaning of จะ and whether or not its aspectual (‘be about to’) and modal (‘might’) uses correspond to two different meanings. | ||
| categories | |||
| components | มณี  | maH neeM | Manee [a Thai female given name or nickname] (jewels, precious stones) |
 จะ | jaL | [auxiliary verb indicating future tense—must be used with another verb] will; shall | |
| กำลัง | gamM langM | [auxiliary verb indicating the present participle, meaning "in the act of" or "in the process of", similar to the English suffix, "-ing"] | |
อ่านหนังสือ | aanL nangR seuuR | to read a book; to study (e.g. for a test) | |
| พรุ่งนี้ | phroongF neeH | tomorrow | |
| เย็น | yenM | early evening hours between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. | |
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